Can you use editor when publishing a pdf?

[bfriesen]

I am just wondering when publishing a pdf it seems to lock the program from doing anything else. Can I open a different ditamap or a differenct topic and work on that while it is publishing or is it just wasted time until it is done?

Bryon

[pnagai]

Hi Bryon,

Editor remains locked until the composition request is completed ... in "older" versions of Arbortext. For sure in 6.0 and possibly some releases of 5.4, Editor can "queue" a job with Publishing Engine. Once the work is bundled and delivered to PE, Editor returns control to the author. When complete, PE sends an e-mail (assuming it is properly configured, server-side).

I do not know whether this is supported in a non-Publishing Engine environment. Probably not.